Caplan Family Foundation
Owings Mills, MD · EIN 52-2005222. Reported 272 grants totalling $491,310 to 101 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Caplan Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $1,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $20,250. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | Baltimore, MD | $80,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of Central Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beth Am | Baltimore, MD | $30,815 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Artist Space | New York, NY | $29,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mt Vernon Place Conservancy | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| ACLU | New York, NY | $13,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Artists' Space | New York, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fund for Educational Excellence | Baltimore, MD | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Middle Grades Partnership | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Roland Park Country School | Baltimore, MD | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | Baltimore, MD | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Millennium Film Workshop | Brooklyn, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Walters Art Museum | Baltimore, MD | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Ignatius Loyola Academy | Baltimore, MD | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Whitney Museum | New York, NY | $6,550 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Studio Museum Harlem | New York, NY | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Millennium Film Journal | New York, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Democracy Now | New York, NY | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food Bank for New York City | New York, NY | $4,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Associated Black Charities | Baltimore, MD | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Citymeals on Wheels | New York, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Creative Alliance | Baltimore, MD | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Phillips Collection | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shriver Hall Concert Series | Baltimore, MD | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $3,420 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Public Theatre | New York, NY | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Squashwise | Baltimore, MD | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Irish Repertory Theater | New York, NY | $2,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Film Society of Lincoln Center | New York, NY | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Immigration Equality | New York, NY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Share Our Strength | Baltimore, MD | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Museum of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $2,375 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Atlantic Theater Company | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Madison Square Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Montefiore Medical Center | Bronx, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Professional Children's School | New York, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rainforest Foundation US | Brooklyn, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Third Street Music School | New York, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Audiences | Baltimore, MD | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rainforest Trust | Warrenton, VA | $1,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vineyard Theater | New York, NY | $1,700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Signature Theater | New York, NY | $1,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation Fighting Blindness | Columbia, MD | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Park Avenue Armory | New York, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The House Foundation for the Arts Inc | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chelsea Music Festival | New York City, NY | $1,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA Inc | New York, NY | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Japan Society | New York, NY | $1,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Little Red School House Inc | New York, NY | $1,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ars Nova | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Classic Stage Company Theater the Bard | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Coalition for the Homeless | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Enoch Pratt Free Library | Baltimore, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lukemia & Lymphoma Society Soy Claire Mangan | Rye Brook, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Morgan Library | New York, NY | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pine Ridge Girls' School | Houston, TX | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rattlestick Theater | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Moma | New York, NY | $980 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Columbia Greene Hospital Foundation | Hudson, NY | $900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Museum | New York, NY | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sweet Relief | Fullerton, CA | $785 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Als Association | Washington, DC | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Folk Art Museum | New York, NY | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Film Forum | New York, NY | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York Philharmonic | New York, NY | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Neue Gallerie | New York, NY | $650 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bobst Library | New York, NY | $625 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Bobst Library Nyu | New York, NY | $625 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Times Up | New York, NY | $600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | $550 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maryland Citizens for the Arts | Baltimore, MD | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Maryland Citizens for the Arts Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maryland Humanities | Baltimore, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maryland Humanities Council | Baltimore, MD | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Perlman Music Program | Shelter Island, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Storm King Art Center | New Windsor, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| White Columns | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Cares | New York, NY | $450 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of Rawlings Conservatory | Baltimore, MD | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Purchase College | Purchase, NY | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Anns Warehouse | Brooklyn, NY | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Torah Institute | Owings Mills, MD | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Volunteer Lawyer for the Arts | New York, NY | $350 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music (friends of Bam) | Brooklyn, NY | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York Botanical Gardens | Bronx, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Universal Hip Hop Museum | Bronx, NY | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Frick Museum | New York, NY | $280 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Museum of the Moving Image | Astoria, NY | $280 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| B'more Clubhouse | Baltimore, MD | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cylburn Arboretum Association | Baltimore, MD | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Folk Art Museum | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Icjs | Baltimore, MD | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Botanical Garden | Brooklyn, NY | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Museum of New York | New York, NY | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Carnegie Hall | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
82 of 101 (81%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 82%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
PROVIDES SYMPHONIC CONCERTS, CULTURAL AND EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL RENTALS, BROADCASTING AND RECORDING. - Artist Space
FOSTERS THE ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL LIFE OF NEW YORK CITY AS A PRIMARY VENUE FOR ARTISTS WORK IN ALL FORMS - United Way of Central Maryland
TO PROMOTE EQUITY, CREATE OPPORTUNITY, AND IMPROVE LIVES - Beth Am
TO SUPPORT THE 5782 OPEN DOORS ANNUAL FUND WHICH ENABLES BETH AM TO KEEP THE SYNAGOGUE'S DOORS OPEN TO EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF MEANS. - Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust
RECRUIT AND SUPPORT THROUGH THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS ACADEMICALLY AMBITIOUS, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS WITH FINANCIAL NEED FROM THE BALTIMORE AREA. - Mt Vernon Place Conservancy
TO RESTORE, MAINTAIN, AND MANAGE BALTIMORES WASHINGTON MONUMENT AND THE SURROUNDING SQUARES OF MOUNT VERNON PLACE THROUGH A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF BALTIMORE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 160 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 76 | $118,351 | $500 |
| 2022 | 80 | $131,492 | $500 |
| 2023 | 57 | $118,043 | $500 |
| 2024 | 59 | $123,424 | $750 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 65% of this one's giving went to organizations in Maryland. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maryland.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Caplan Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 11433 Cronridge Dr, Owings Mills, MD, 21117. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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